condisce

Condisce is the present indicative form of the Italian verb condire, meaning to season or dress food. It is used with a third-person singular subject (lui/lei or formal Lei) to indicate that someone seasons something.

Condire is a transitive verb used in cooking to add flavor to dishes. It is commonly employed with nouns such as pasta, insalata, or verdure, and with modifiers like olio d’oliva, aceto, erbe, or formaggi. The expression condire con is used to specify the seasoning ingredient, as in condire con olio d’oliva or condire con pepe nero.

Grammatical note: condire belongs to the group of isc- verbs in the present tense. The standard present indicative forms are: io condisco, tu condisci, lui/lei condisce, noi condiamo, voi condiscete, loro condiscono. The past participle is condito, used with avere in compound tenses (ho condito la zuppa). The gerund is condendo, as in stando a condire lentamente la salsa.

In usage, condisce may appear in recipes or narratives to describe someone flavoring a dish. The verb’s nuances include the idea of bringing taste to a dish rather than merely adding ingredients. Common synonyms in cooking context include insaporire and aromatizzare.